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Monday, February 1, 2016

Might newbie The Magicians finally be the Syfy drama to break through its recent sub-0.3 ceiling? The show had a nice start by Syfy standards, with a 0.39/0.41 for its two-hour opener on Monday. (The first half of that premiere previewed back in December with a 0.26, but I will count this Monday 9/8c airing as the "official" one since it was so much higher.)

TBS brought back American Dad! (0.54), still at a small fraction of what it did in its broadcast days. It was 19% behind its previous season's opener, which was the first-ever TBS episode in October 2014 (0.67). Leading out was Angie Tribeca (0.28), with another telecast of the series premiere that did much worse than the same episode in the 25-hour marathon (0.44).

Freeform launched its second drama night of the new year with considerably worse results than the first. The Fosters (0.43) was down a reasonable 19% from last year, but its lead-out Recovery Road (0.16) had a rather dire start. This was almost a third below where the docu-drama Becoming Us started in the summer (0.23), and that show only lasted a month at 9/8c before being demoted to 10:00!

It was a nice week for USA Network's winter dramas, starting with a strong return from veteran tentpole Suits (0.54) on Wednesday. This was down just a hundredth from its last winter premiere.

Then came a nice upswing for week three of Colony (0.46) on Thursday, leaping to a new series high. It was one of many January newbie premieres that had a strong week:

The craziest was MTV's The Shannara Chronicles. After 20%ish drops in both weeks two and three, its fourth week (the first one not previously available online) saw a 58% surge to 0.49, vaulting all the way ahead of the 0.48 for the two-hour series premiere. It's still not the big male draw for MTV that appeared possible when it premiered. This week it had a 0.57 F18-49/0.40 M18-49, a more familiar MTV gender skew compared with a 0.45 F/0.51 M for that series premiere. But this was at least a promising sign for its connection with the network's base audience, and it built from Teen Wolf (0.44).

Also on Tuesday, Shadowhunters (0.45) bounced back a bit after what seemed like a catastrophic week two drop. This provides it more hope of staying ahead of the likes of Stitchers on the Freeform totem pole.

And on Showtime, Billions (0.27) was up a few hundredths in its second week, as was its lead-in Shameless (0.75). Though many broadcast originals sit out in this period, these dramas were a good counter-programming option against the NFC Championship game.

FULL TABLE:

Show

Net

This Week

This Season

Ep#

A18-49

Last

Seas

Avg

y2y

Proj

Proj +

Skew

Pretty Little Liars

FREE

13

0.79

-5%

6

0.89

+2%

0.90

59

61%

The Haves and the Have Nots

OWN

4

0.83

-1%

4

0.85

-3%

0.91

60

37%

Shameless

SHO

3

0.75

+14%

6

0.68

-19%

0.57

38

54%

American Dad!

TBS

1

0.54

n/a

1

0.54

-19%

0.47

31

66%

Suits

USA

11

0.54

n/a

5

0.54

-2%

0.51

34

39%

Shadowhunters

FREE

3

0.45

+10%

1

0.54

n/a

0.48

31

54%

Girl Meets World

DISN

27

0.51

+24%

2

0.54

-8%

0.54

32

29%

Colony

USA

3

0.46

+18%

1

0.43

n/a

0.45

30

43%

The Fosters

FREE

1

0.43

n/a

1

0.43

-19%

0.41

27

52%

The Shannara Chronicles

MTV

5

0.49

+58%

1

0.43

n/a

0.46

30

57%

Teen Wolf Summer

MTV

14

0.44

+13%

5

0.42

-21%

0.39

26

55%

Major Crimes

TNT

18

n/a

n/a

4

0.42

-30%

0.41

27

18%

Baskets

FX

2

0.35

-24%

1

0.41

n/a

0.36

24

61%

The Magicians

Syfy

2

0.40

n/a

1

0.40

n/a

0.41

27

47%

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

FXX

4

0.28

-20%

6

0.35

-10%

0.31

21

77%

Angie Tribeca

TBS

10

n/a

n/a

1

0.34

n/a

0.34

22

55%

Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce

BRAV

9

0.26

-7%

2

0.27

-24%

0.27

18

52%

Billions

SHO

2

0.27

+13%

1

0.26

n/a

0.27

18

35%

The Expanse

Syfy

8

0.25

+47%

1

0.22

n/a

0.23

15

38%

Recovery Road

FREE

1

0.16

n/a

1

0.16

n/a

0.16

11

44%

Man Seeking Woman

FXX

4

0.07

-50%

2

0.13

-10%

0.11

7

70%

Unforgettable

A&E

13

0.12

-8%

4

0.12

-86%

0.12

8

21%

The Walking Dead

AMC

6

6.72

-10%

6.72

443

65%

Fear the Walking Dead

AMC

1

3.88

n/a

3.88

231

65%

Into the Badlands

AMC

1

1.79

n/a

1.79

118

59%

American Horror Story

FX

5

1.49

-23%

1.49

98

66%

True Detective

HBO

2

1.15

+17%

1.15

68

56%

Rick and Morty

ADSM

2

1.00

+57%

1.00

60

64%

The Haves and the Have Nots Summer

OWN

2

0.93

+0%

0.93

55

37%

Pretty Little Liars Summer

FREE

6

0.89

-7%

0.89

53

56%

South Park

Com

19

0.89

-18%

0.89

58

77%

Ballers

HBO

1

0.84

n/a

0.84

50

63%

Being Mary Jane

BET

3

0.74

-16%

0.74

48

57%

The Last Ship

TNT

2

0.72

-32%

0.72

43

31%

Rizzoli and Isles Summer

TNT

6

0.70

-27%

0.70

42

21%

The Game

BET

9

0.63

-24%

0.63

41

56%

Suits Summer

USA

5

0.61

-21%

0.61

36

35%

Major Crimes Summer

TNT

4

0.60

-29%

0.60

36

18%

The Strain

FX

2

0.60

-41%

0.60

36

57%

Power

STRZ

2

0.57

+78%

0.57

34

57%

The Librarians

TNT

2

0.53

-42%

0.53

35

32%

Homeland

SHO

5

0.50

-9%

0.50

33

42%

Teen Wolf Summer

MTV

5

0.50

-30%

0.50

30

54%

Falling Skies

TNT

5

0.49

-35%

0.49

29

31%

The Fosters Summer

FREE

3

0.48

-18%

0.48

29

51%

Mr. Robot

USA

1

0.48

n/a

0.48

28

44%

Devious Maids

Life

3

0.46

-24%

0.46

28

44%

The Brink

HBO

1

0.46

n/a

0.46

27

54%

Clipped

TBS

1

0.45

n/a

0.45

26

46%

Ray Donovan

SHO

3

0.44

-15%

0.44

29

41%

The Bastard Executioner

FX

1

0.44

n/a

0.44

29

46%

Humans

AMC

1

0.39

n/a

0.39

23

42%

Awkward

MTV

5

0.38

-26%

0.38

25

66%

Tyrant

FX

2

0.37

-31%

0.37

22

40%

Switched at Birth Summer

FREE

4

0.37

-33%

0.37

22

55%

Fargo

FX

2

0.37

-39%

0.37

24

36%

Baby Daddy

FREE

4

0.37

-14%

0.37

22

61%

Melissa and Joey

FREE

4

0.36

-21%

0.36

22

62%

Doctor Who

BBCA

10

0.36

-14%

0.36

24

48%

Complications

USA

1

0.35

n/a

0.35

21

31%

Royal Pains Summer

USA

7

0.35

-35%

0.35

21

31%

Young and Hungry

FREE

2

0.35

-15%

0.35

21

62%

Scream

MTV

1

0.34

n/a

0.34

20

57%

The Royals

E

2

0.34

-33%

0.34

22

59%

The Leftovers

HBO

2

0.33

-57%

0.33

22

60%

Stitchers

FREE

1

0.33

n/a

0.33

20

51%

Z Nation

Syfy

2

0.33

-31%

0.33

22

48%

Murder in the First

TNT

2

0.31

-30%

0.31

19

19%

Proof

TNT

1

0.31

n/a

0.31

19

19%

Hell on Wheels

AMC

5

0.30

-22%

0.30

18

21%

The League

FXX

7

0.29

-2%

0.29

19

82%

Graceland

USA

3

0.29

-39%

0.29

17

43%

UnREAL

Life

1

0.27

n/a

0.27

16

49%

SexDrugsRockRoll

FX

1

0.26

n/a

0.26

16

54%

Dominion

Syfy

2

0.25

-47%

0.25

15

36%

Chasing Life Summer

FREE

2

0.25

-49%

0.25

15

48%

Defiance

Syfy

3

0.25

-46%

0.25

15

28%

Dark Matter

Syfy

1

0.24

n/a

0.24

14

30%

Faking It

MTV

2

0.24

-36%

0.24

16

59%

The Affair

SHO

2

0.24

+24%

0.24

16

36%

Agent X

TNT

1

0.23

n/a

0.23

15

27%

Killjoys

Syfy

1

0.23

n/a

0.23

14

31%

Finding Carter

MTV

2

0.22

-41%

0.22

14

66%

Donny!

USA

1

0.20

n/a

0.20

13

48%

Satisfaction

USA

2

0.19

-52%

0.19

13

38%

Married

FX

2

0.19

-46%

0.19

11

60%

Haven

Syfy

6

0.19

-12%

0.19

12

35%

Playing House

USA

2

0.18

-56%

0.18

11

54%

Halt and Catch Fire

AMC

2

0.16

-35%

0.16

10

39%

Public Morals

TNT

1

0.15

n/a

0.15

9

22%

Masters of Sex

SHO

3

0.13

-48%

0.13

9

29%

Kevin from Work

FREE

1

0.13

n/a

0.13

8

53%

Legends

TNT

2

0.13

-60%

0.13

9

29%

You're the Worst

FXX

2

0.13

-56%

0.13

9

74%

Becoming Us

FREE

1

0.11

n/a

0.11

6

46%

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